Making law matter : environmental protection and legal institutions in Brazil /

Making law matter : environmental protection and legal institutions in Brazil /

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Author / Creator:	McAllister, Lesley K. (Lesley Krista), 1970-2017.
Imprint:	Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law Books, ©2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xix, 264 pages) : illustrations, map
Language:	English
Subject:	Brazil. -- Ministério Público Federal. Brazil. -- Ministério Público Federal. Environmental law -- Brazil. Environmental law. Brazil.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11212040

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ISBN:	9780804783101 0804783101 9780804758239 0804758239
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-255) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	The Brazilian Ministrio Publico refashioned itself in the 1980s into a powerful defender of citizen rights in environmental protection, as well as in other areas such as disability rights consumer protection and anticorruption. This book explores the Ministrio Publico as a model for other developing countries.
Other form:	Print version: McAllister, Lesley K. (Lesley Krista), 1970- Making law matter. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law Books, ©2008

Table of Contents:

Environmental protection and the rule of law
Strong laws, weak agencies
Becoming environmental prosecutors
Confronting impunity
Making agencies accountable
Making justice accessible
Effective enforcement : Brazil and beyond.